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Let the Kids Play in the Streets

  • Posted on: 5 July 2019
  • By: Sabine Oberrauter

A high amount of street space is dedicated to motorised traffic, making it inaccessible to children. Currently, for children to be allowed to use a parking space for playing, it would be necessary to do that in a parked car!

Many urban spaces are planned for the convenience of large cars forcing cyclists and pedestrians to squeeze together on the edges of road. It makes no sense to most people, except for the one holding the power of overkill.

Placemaking Week Europe Valencia 2019

La Marina de València
Wed 12.06.2019 00:00

The Placemaking Week is the biggest festival celebrating the impact of placemaking on the urban fabric. This year the Placemaking Week revolved around five main topics: Placemaking for Innovation, Creative Bureaucracy, Open-source sharing from placemaking practice, Future-proof cities through placemaking and Waterfront cities.

Metamorphosis: Cities for Children. Stakeholders roundtable

Brussels, Belgium
Wed 19.06.2019 10:30

ECF (European Cyclists´ Federation)  hosts a Metamorphosis stakeholders roundtable on June 19th from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm focusing on how cities can become more children friendly in their urban spaces city planning. 

Metamorphosis works toward a “New Normal” where the enormous space reserve in our cities that is currently mainly occupied by machines can be accessed and used in healthier and more human-centred waysr people who live there and nearby.

2019 Polis Conference

Brussels, Belgium
Wed 27.11.2019 09:00

Innovation in Transport for Sustainable Cities and Regions

The 2019 Polis Conference takes place on 27 and 28 November 2019 at The Egg in Brussels.

The annual Polis Conference provides an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience, and for the wider transport community to engage with representatives of local and regional authorities on innovative transport solutions. 

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9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns

Mannheim, Germany
Wed 30.09.2020 08:00

Hosted by the City of Manheim, and ICLEI, the European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns will open its doors for the 9th time from 30 September - 2 October 2020 in Mannheim, Germany.

The conference will demonstrate the urgent need for local governments to assume responsibility for urban transformation and lead the way in guiding Europe towards a secure and sustainable future.

Fifth Biennial of Public Space

Rome, Italy
Thu 30.05.2019 11:00

The Biennale Public Space is a biennial event for the exchange and dissemination of research activities and actions carried out on the issues of urban public spaces. 

The Biennale 2019, like its predecessors, is not an isolated event but is a path that sees the implementation of various initiatives that will take place between February and May in the country and internationally under a "journey through common best practice ". The themes of the initiatives are public green, sustainable mobility and public art.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Urban Mobility Measures

Webinar
Mon 02.12.2019 13:00

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an integrated part of SUMPs and plays a crucial role to prove the success of urban mobility measures. This webinar gives an easy entrance into M&E and provides you with recommendations to design a M&E approach that is feasible for urban planners. The subject is based on experiences made in the EU-funded project METAMORPHOSIS.

This webinar gives answers to the following questions:

1. What is M&E, when and why do we need it?

2. What is Impact Evaluation as opposed to Process Evaluation?

Walking Trees in Munich

  • Posted on: 18 March 2019
  • By: Merle Schroer

Today, most of the streets in Munich are mainly designed for motorized vehicles. This has led to a high percentage of concrete space for cars and go-through-traffic at the expense of green space for recreational usage.

To address this issue and to show alternatives, a greening project was established in the city of Munich, called “Wanderbaumallee” (literally “Alley of walking Trees”). In the past, such projects were already implemented with very positive results, such as trees that were actually planted and remain permanently in the city.

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